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Astrolabe Silverwax
said...

"Sorry, Dr. Grumpy, but I can never wake up Dr. Sleepy, and Dr. Bashful never returns my pages. Maybe I'll try Dr. Sneezy- he's always wide awake no matter what hour it is. Hopefully that will hold me until I can get some more pain meds from Dr. Dopey."

So sorry, Dr. G. Working night shift at local hospital, we sometimes got calls from worry-warts at 2:00 AM. Transferred from the E.R., the nurse there, sent up calls sometimes like this that so much as had the tiniest reference to a possible medication. I imagine ER was involved in critical matters. We weren't doin' nuttin' honey, just whipping up a STAT fosphenytoin piggyback.

I swear, though.

Had some of the strangest questions. Popular was the one about half-life of marijuana metabolites, especially if there was a job interview or probation hearing coming up.

Welcome to my whining!

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